Barrel-hoop.



L. C. HOLL INGSH EAD.

BARREL HOOP. APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1918.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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loallio kom it ma /comm.. a ,L Beit known that I, Lnsnrn CARROLL ,HOL- 'LINGSHEAD, a citizen of the; United- States, and a resident of. Chicago, ingthe county of Qook and State .of Illinois, haveinvented 'jcertain new and useful Improvements ,in Barrel-Hoops, of which the following is a specification. v v g invention relates to improvements. n barrel hoops, and it conslsts substantiallyin the constructionand arrangement herein scribed andclaimed. p 1. An ob'ect of my invention is toprov deia barrel. hoop shaped in such a manllflr as. to conformtothe tapering shape ofa barrel, thereby securing a contact between the S111. face ofv the. barrel and the entire, widthpf thehoop and. avoiding the leaving ofa space between; the barrel; .and. the upper part ;of the hoop as is, usually the case and .more especially .so when using wooden hoops. i A further objectpf .the invention is to provide, ;a 1 metallic barrel.- hoop initially shaped to onform to 'theshape of the barrel, thereby eliminating the extra] operation, of flaring the hoop, as it isnecessaryto do with metallic hoops suchyas are atpresent on the market.

Other objects and advantages will appear. in the'following specification, referencebes ing had to the. accompanyingdrawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a barrel showing two of the improved hoops applied,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the hoops before adjustment,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing more learly the construction of the ends of the hoop,

Fig.4 is a longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5.is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, v

Fig. 6 1s a cross section on the line 66 of Fig. 3,

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located at the top of the hoop,

Fig. isa detail perspective viewshowing he encls of the' hoops perforated for rivets,

Fig. 8 is a perspective viewshowingthe two'ends rivetedtogether. 'A. fhasalready .been. .stated,. one of the foremost objects of the inventionjs to provide a barrel. hoop that will lie. in closcicontactlwith the sides of a barrel throughout the, width of the. hoop and-thus avoid the space rat thetop which is usually left, when' wooden hoops are used. Therefore in; order to carry out the invention, I provideahoop l,which is made 'of metal. ,f Qriginally, the hoop consists simply of a inetal' band which is bent over into the shape I of the barrel as plainly shown in Fig. 1-.-

The hoop is hollow on. the insideas obvi ously it must be-by the manner of constructionwhich is employed. This construction permits the fitting of one end of the hoop into the. other to. form a continuous circle. To this purpose, the insertible end 5 is crimpedalong the bridge piece at6, for a distance substantially equal to the extent of a pllurality of slots 7 on the inside inclined wa l 3.

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By crimping the bridge piece as shown,

the Width of the insertiblle end 5 is sufficiently reduced to enable it to be fitted into the receiving end 7 of the hoop, on the inside wall 3 of which a plurality of tongues 8 are stamped inwardly to interlock with the slots on the insertible end.. In practice, the barrel hoop is made by simply fitting the end 5 into the receiving end 7 and adjusting it over the tongues 8 until the proper diameter is reached.

The slots 7 interlock with all of the tongues 8 that come into proper registration. The formed hoop is then fitted over the barrel, driven in place and secured by any suitable means. The bridge which is naturally forms a convenient driving edge in driving the hoop in place. It should be observed that another feature of importance lies in the fact that this hoop is initially formed in the shape illustrated, at the mill.

There are met'a11""hoops on the market which when used as originally formed, ofier the same obj eotions that are present in using, wooden hoops, i. e., the leaving ofa space at the top and the consequent uneven fitting of the hoop on the barrel, "The forrner ob jeotion being present, requires the extra operationof Haring the hoop so. to, give it the roper shape. It will at ante be obviou that a hoop made in accordance with myfin' vention overcomes the objections *above stated and atthe same 'time, makes the hoop much strongerbecause of thepre'senceof the extra outside wall. i The riveting together of'the endsvof the hoop is entirely dispensed with in the preferred construction, blit there are instances which shall presently 'be referred to, wherein the automatic locking device in, the ends of the hoop may be eliminated 'andfrivetsmay be employed. However, in' the preferred Construction, they-arrangement of the slots fine adjustment can be gotten to enablejthe compensation for any slightvariation in the diameter of the barrel in the region wherein he hoop is to be applied, in making up the h'ooPA e It need hardly be stated that the operation the two together by means of the rivets 8? as I shown in 8. p

v 7 While the and arrangement of thehoop herein described is that of a genera lly preferred form,. obviously slight modlficatioiis and ehangsmay be made Without ,or the scope of the claims,

departing from the spirit of the invention I claim;

A tubule barrel p; Mama 5 'silb stantially triangularjshape to provide a driving edge at. the top-and aninclined innerwall to fit thebarrel, one end of'thehoo'p being e fistrieaasby crimping,- to fit amt the "other-fiend," and, :en'gageable "looking tongue} i a nd slots on the innerfwalls of both hoop ends, forming-a lock invisible ,froni] the outsidefand avoiding expos projecting f 2. A barrel hoop, comprising abent-metal bandh'z'tvifilg Fan "inclined inside W1 to: 'conform-'itothe'shap of a barrel andfihsursa one. end of the-hoop beingarranged to be fitted inside 'xotthej other in roaming the 7 70v tbinatielokin ther qfto -the 1 hoop, enamel-1S- jethbodied 'in both ends en:

abling the: an A adjustedfposition.-

A' tea-reel haop, comp aa maniac, 'ertioal' outside wall, a

bi el b- 'fi q' r A ridge atthetop royidingw a driving edge centatt throiigh'ont "the width-"of 'the' hoop,

for the-hoop,*and an inolinedinside wall to v fit the shape are barrel, the" edges oif the band meeting at the bottomihns forminga heuow' ho'op the weaving end having a pliii ality of inwardly"; stamped tongues on plilrality of cooperating slo' t's', on the inside the insidevvall, the "insertib-le 'end having a.

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